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Species profile—Rheobatrachus silus (southern gastric brooding frog)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Amphibia (amphibians) → Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs) → Rheobatrachus silus (southern gastric brooding frog)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Amphibia (amphibians)
Family
Myobatrachidae (Australian water frogs)
Scientific name
Rheobatrachus silus Liem, 1973
Common name
southern gastric brooding frog
Type reference
Liem, D.S. (1973). A new genus of frog of the family Leptodactylidae from SE. Queensland, Australia. Mem, Qd. Mus. 16: 459-470 [467].
WildNet taxon ID
648
Alternate name(s)
southern platypusfrog
platypus frog
gastric-brooding frog
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Extinct in the wild
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Extinct
Conservation significant
Yes
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
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Species environment
Aquatic & Terrestrial

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=648.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024